According to the level of running a school, it can be divided into "985 Project" colleges, "2 1 1 Project" colleges, undergraduate colleges directly under the central government, provincial undergraduate colleges and higher vocational colleges.

2. The essence of education:

According to the nature of education, it can be divided into: general higher education, adult higher education, higher education self-study examination, open education of RTVU and distance network education.

3. Subject scope:

According to the scope of disciplines, it can be divided into: comprehensive, science and engineering, normal, agriculture and forestry, political science and law, medicine, finance and economics, ethnic, language, art, sports, military and tourism colleges.

Extended data:

Institutions with academic qualifications recognized by the state:

1, general undergraduate course: College usually refers to a university smaller than a university, usually a university with relatively few disciplines. The level of running a school is mainly undergraduate, and some colleges have masters and doctors, such as the Institute of International Relations, China Academy of Art and Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

2. Independent college refers to an institution of higher learning that cooperates with social organizations or individuals other than state institutions and uses non-state financial funds to implement undergraduate education. It is an independent college with universities, but it retains the names of its partner universities, such as Quancheng College of Jinan University, Zheng College of Literature of Suzhou University and Tianhua College of Shanghai Normal University.

3. General college: generally called vocational and technical college (or vocational college). At this time, college means institutions of higher learning, and there are no restrictions on disciplines and categories, such as Guangdong Communications Vocational and Technical College, Zhejiang Vocational and Technical College of Industry and Commerce, and Shanghai Xingjian Vocational College.

4. Adult institutions of higher learning: such as Beijing Institute of Education and Shanghai Science and Technology Management Cadre College.

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